The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has generously awarded
Encompass New Opera Theatre a coveted Access to Artistic Excellence grant for The Theory of Everything.

Encompass New Opera
Theatre's programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Edith Meiser
Foundation

Keeping American Music Theater / Opera ThrivingFocusing on the creation, development and production of new music theatre and classic American opera in ground-breaking productions, Encompass New Opera Theatre is one of the foremost leaders in the United States and New York City in charting a whole new ground for American Composers since 1975.

Join Encompass for this spectacular one-night-only musical gathering
in a unique Tribeca penthouse with a wrap-around terrace that offers
panoramic city and Hudson River views. A magnificent summer setting
to enjoy good wine, savory hors d’oeuvres and great entertainment.

"The versatile Jason Graae tenderly croons
a ballad one minute
and then belts out
a riotous comedic number the next."
-Los Angeles Times

Starred on Broadway in A Grand Night For Singing, Falsettos, Stardust, Snoopy!, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?, and Off-Broadway in Forever Plaid, Olympus On My Mind,All In the Timing and Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh. He is the recipient of a Drama Desk Nomination, the L.A. Drama Critics Award, the Ovation Award and many more.

His acclaimed one-man show has been seen all over the country in such venues as Rainbow & Stars and Birdland in New York City (hailed as one of New York's Top Cabaret Shows for the Year by Time Out NY), to Feinstein’s and the Plush Room in Los Angeles and San Francisco, winning four Bistro Awards, and a New York Nightlife Award.

He has made several major movie appearances, guest-starred on television shows including the popular Six Feet Under, Friends, Frasier, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, provided the voice on numerous cartoons and performed major opera roles with Los Angeles Opera, Dallas Opera, New Orleans Opera, Houston Grand Opera and The Metropolitan Opera companies.

Jason has recorded over 45 CDs, including original cast albums, compilations and three solo CDs.

Winner of two Backstage Bistro Awards and two MAC Awards for Best Musical Direction, Mr. Rybeck is best known for his work in cabarets, concerts, on recordings, and in the theater.

Broadway credits include Grand Hotel (directed by Tommy Tune) and the original Hal Prince production of Merrily We Roll Along. Regionally, his work on What the World Needs Now won personal praise from Burt Bacharach.

The Astronaut's Tale, a new multi-media opera by Charles Fussell & Jack Larson will be
produced by Encompass at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (Fishman Space in BAM Fisher)
from January 28-31, 2016. Opening Night is planned for Thursday, January 28 at 7:00 PM.

Both tickets are yours for only $300if you place your order by June 15th.That's a 20% saving off the full prices to attend both of these Gala evenings!

PLACE:
66 Leonard Street • Penthouse, New York, NY 10013 The penthouse home of Chip Seelig at 66 Leonard Street,
(between Church St. & Broadway) can be reached by taking the 1 Train to Franklin St or the A, C, E Trains to Canal Street.

Blood of Angels dramatizes the political life of George C. Wallace set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement.

To be elected governor of Alabama, George Wallace discards his original belief in equality and embraces the language of segregation. His rhetoric has disastrous effects, dramatized by the brutal beatings of The Children’s March and the deaths of four girls in the bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church.

Cloaking his racist message as one of “law and order,” Wallace seeks the presidency, only to be gunned down by a would-be assassin. Crippled and in constant pain, Wallace ultimately returns to the African-American community and begs their forgiveness. They grant this forgiveness in the spirit of unity and consolation.

Marie Anello

Dennis Blackwell

Jesse Blumberg

Jennifer Bodenweber

Lisa Daehlin

Amy Gluck

Scott Lindroth

Stephanie McGuire

Scott Murphree

David Orcutt

Angela L. Owens

Joseph Peterson

Diana Solomon-Glover

Jacob Terrell

Richard Pearson Thomas

Composer-Librettist

BLOOD OF ANGELS PHOTOS from New American Opera Previews, Page to Stage on March 15: